The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-03-12
TIE IRISH STANDARD: SATURDAY, MARCH 70, 1887.

the ould widowed mother, you thief o
the world-look! look over! Do you see
that fort beyont, with the black hazels
stirren upon the edges of it and dc
you know what was done here? Eh-
the gentle Heaven perserve us. may be
tits to one o. themselves I'd be taken,
this way! Answer me, eroo. wor you
one o. them that did that deed, in that
place, that night?'' and the old woman
moved back from him with some dis
trust.
''Ax me no questions, mother" en-
joying, for moment, even the unenvi-
able kind of superiority which the hor-
rible suspicion of his worthy parent gave
him-and affecting degree of gloomy
and mystical importance-'ta1 me no
questions-an' I'll tell you no stories.
There are some people IN the world that
are obliged, sometimes, to do things
that other people arn't to know any
then about. Do you Think he added,
bending on her one of his leaders, dark
Iglances-''do you think You are able to
judge that deed, whether it was good or
bad? did you ever hear tell of the bunch
of loghero?" [rushes.]
t'The bunch O. loghero! eroo-" said
the old widow, quite bewildered-
"Coom, sit down a-near me here on
the ditch-an' I'll tell you it while the
Suil Dhuv is away. Siedh shus! here.
The moryil of it is that you arn't to say
anythen is wrong whin you jedge be
yourself, and can't for the life o. you
see the inward meaning O. what's done.
Listen to me.
GA holy and a good man, but too
much troubled with doubts, Father
Dennis, was awoke in the middle of a
dark December night by great noise
outside his window. He got up, threw
open the shutters, and looking out, he
saw two men, one of them striving to
kill the other with a Ratchet, and the
other endeavoring to save himself as
we'll as he could. Just as the priest was
going to cry out thousand murders, he
heard heavy crash, and groan, and
then great fall, and then there was
silence. SO he knew all was over.
t'He held his tongue, and waited to
see what would become of the murderer.
Il shall now know to a certainty said
the Priest, whether there is a Providence
or no.
"Opposite to the Priests house was a
sweet cottage tenanted by a young
couple who had been married only few
months, and were the admiration of the
whole village for theil fondness. To
this house he saw the murderer drag the
body-he laid it near the cottage door,
and placing the bloody Ratchet on his
breast. he went his ways.
"The Priest never returned to his bed
that night, but stood at the window
waiting for daylight, to see what would
become of the murdered and the MUIR
derer, IF there be Providence says
the Priest. the murder surely shall not
he suffered to escape
ebay broke-there was very little
light scarce so much as might serve to
guide man upon his road; for the
moon and stars had gone down, and it
was long-long before sunrise. He saw
the cottage door open-and the man of
the house-a young, hale, handsome
man came out. He stumbled over the
dead body, and fell;-not knowing the
cause, he was greatly surprised on ris-
ing, to find himself dabbled with blood.
He startled and trembled from head to
foot--stooped and touched the corpse,
taking the Ratchet in his hand, and after
making certain that the man was dead
indeed. he ran towards the high road,
scascely knowing what he was about to
do. At the gate he was met and hailed
by neignbor.
"tHo: you're early rising this morn
ing, SIR, said the strange man-'where
to, now?
"'I'm going-don't know-I want
help-there's murder has been done.'
"'By whom? Not by you I hope
what brings the blood upon your vest
and face-and what business have you
Nord save usD with the bloody Ratchet
in your hands. Show me the body.
What? at your own door too? In the
name Of the great Lord, and of the king
of the land, I take you a prisoner for
this Decd
&c Surely, says the Priest, If there be
a Providence this innocent man won't
suffer for the deed he never shared in.
The young man was sent to Jail, and the
priest staid all that day praying in his
own room, thatif there was Providence
it might be made known to h1m in that